Environment

PORTLAND — Experts are currently conducting energy audits of more than 50 city and school buildings with the goal of reducing Portland's carbon footprint and energy costs. Solid Waste Manager Troy Moon, who is overseeing the project, said auditors from Massachusetts-based Ameresc...

SCARBOROUGH — A 46-acre piece of land near the Dunstan River will be added to the 3,200-acre Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The Manson Libby Road property was purchased Wednesday from the Gervais Family of Scarborough, who has owned and maintained the land as a worki...

SOUTH PORTLAND — The group advocating for a collaborative, community-based cleanup of the urban-impaired Long Creek Watershed will present a draft of its Watershed Restoration Plan on Thursday, Jan. 22, from 1-4 p.m., at the Sable Oaks Marriott.